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US patent certificate for a Musical instruments supporting device.
This device will act as supporting device for stringed musical devices like guitars etc.
US patent number : 4,656,917
Date of patent : 14th April 1987

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Eddie van halen’s patent drawing for guitar support. He developed it to help him in his two hand tapping routines.

The present invention relates in general to a stabilizing support for a musical instrument of the type having a body and fretted neck, e.g., guitars, banjos, mandolins and the like, and more particularly, to a musical instrument mounted device which positions the instrument in a substantially perpendicular orientation to a musician’s body to provide total freedom for the musician’s hands to play the instrument in a completely new way, thus allowing the musician to create new techniques and sounds previously unknown to any musician.